Lumina Veil

somehow nice but the game looks unfinished and lot many fixed should be done...lot many bugs .

When I saw the screenshots on the store page, my expectations were a bit low. But when I played the game? That changed. While the game is clearly inspired by Resident Evil and Silent Hill, it does its own thing without seeming like a copy of either. And to top it off, one man made this game. Yes, you read that correctly, one man. And the cherry on top? It's free. He could have charged five bucks, maybe a bit more, but chose to give everyone free access. What more can you ask from a passionate dev? Now, for the rest of the review. The positives: The story: It's pretty entertaining, despite being so short. I was curious as to how it would end, which kept me playing. Plus, cutscenes are kept at a minimum and don't overstay their welcome. I won't go into spoiler territory, but if you have the time and space to check it out, give it a whirl. You may just like it! Enemy design: While there's only a handful of enemies, their designs look good. The fact some of them can run at you ups the scare factor a bit. There's one monster that will keep you on edge in one section, but again, no spoilers. Trust me, you'll know her when you see her. The characters: They may not be the greatest th…

It's free. Considerably worse games have cost considerably more. Plays well. There's a level of jank, but it's not the bad kind of jank, if that makes sense. Monster designs and animations are quite good. Level designs are especially good in the first few chapters, but the final chapter is a bit basic. Main character is a bit stiff but handles well enough. Audio gets the job done. Only thing I didn't like was the occasional shift to isometric perspectives in chapter 4. It just made things feel weird when gameplay was different for 99% of the time. Story was quite engaging. In summation: a nice - free - throwback to Resi / Silent Hill style games that I had an enjoyable time with. Solo dev did a good job.

Waste of time

Is Good, somethimes it crashes but.. come on, its free. Play it!

Lumina Veil is a survival horror (sometimes straying more into action horror) about a moderately popular streamer who starts to have weird experiences. Aside from poor optimisation (which is pretty standard for the Unreal Engine, for some reason) and quite a lot of bugs, it's a good effort. Startlingly, it's free - it could easily have sold for actual money. Some of the influences on Lumina Veil are pretty clear. The most conspicuous one is Silent Hill - it doesn't take long to start seeing wire mesh partitions and grimy medical paraphernalia - but as the game went on I started to detect some others too. I won't say which, to avoid spoilers. Sadly, there's also a bit of a Silent Hill influence on the combat, which is cumbersome and repetitive. It's not a huge issue overall, but some stretches of the game are more combat-heavy than others, and those sections can become kind of a slog. At its best, though, Lumina Veil is a surprisingly good horror experience. There are some aspects that are cleverer than I expected, and while it's not actually scary (or even jump scary) it does impart a decent sense of things being 'off'. I suppose the main thing to take away would be that I sa…